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Adj.

fierce

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Context

The nature show on TV is following a fierce or very unfriendly lion as it fights hyenas to keep them away from its food. Its fierce or violent roar scares all of the animals in the area. The camera is showing a close-up of the fierce or angry look on the lion’s face. That look reminds me of the fierce or wild look in your eyes just after I said you had to go to bed and right before you threw a fit!

Memory Hook

Word Ingredients

When an animal is acting in a fierce way, it is being both “wild” in its nature, and can also be highly “cruel.”

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Animal Live These two white tigers are mighty fierce!

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Word Variants

ferocity
n

→

state of being fierce

fierceness
n

→

state of being fierce

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